7a. Junk mail about plans (4) M*P* Maps? 11a. It may help to change banks! (6) *R*D*E 19d. Wasted what Londoner has? (4,2) Done in? It's more about why? than what?
I give up! I've worked my way through a difficult one this month and can't finish the last, probably simple, two: 17d. "Fate found me wanting" seen in tomb (4) K*S* 13d. Bar in which you'll find old...
9a. Calling for a fitness hike? (4,2,4) **L* O* L*F* 8d. Trees carried away by flood? (8,6) *****I*G *R*N*S 27a. Think about what is intentional (10) *E*I*E***N
10a. Book-keeping expert? (9) L*B*A*I** Is it too simplistic to imagine that to be LIBRARIAN?
If that is right, then I'm having a battle with 8d. Has now broken the point (4) O*(N)*
I posted this three hours ago but it hasn't appeared. 17a. Resistance overwhelmed by servant who's a powerful genie. (5) M*R*D (If it's MAID with an R in it, who is MARIN?)
7d. Supposed reason for an evening out (3,2,8) *A* O* A*E*A*E* Totally stumped on this last one. LAW OF AVERAGES would fit but I haven't the faintest idea why.
Which comedy character, during the war, had a catchphrase, "Eeh, it's agony, Ivy". I can find only one reference on Google (and that refers to Answerbank), but it doesn't ring any bells. Many thanks.
9a. Polish politician - one to gallivant about (7)
*M*R***
10a. City investor on top form's holding (7) T*R*N*O
7d. Progress from the right in turn (7) R***L*E
16a. Tools required after car crashed amid frenzied press (8) I had SCRAPERS (anag. car/press) but can't get the other two, so I fear it's wrong. 17d. Odd wood, found around outskirts of Paris, might...
23d. Struggle to catch river fish. (5) T*O*L
I'm struggling between T(R)OLL and T(R)OIL. Can someone please put me out of my misery, explaining WHY the answer is whatever it is?